Thanks. Do you normally fight multiple people each weekend? Meaning if you win, do you fight the next guy etc etc? So maybe you could fight 3 guys in one day?
Just trying to get a grasp of how it is set up
So tournaments can last several weeks. Fantasma, do you fight at shows? Is this where there is one fight only? (vs a tournament?)
Also, in a tournament do they run them in a "round robin" type fashion where you fight everyone once? Or do only the winners advance.
Thanks guys, I'm all ears for any other information
Stay at the gym, when you feel you are ready ask if you can spar with some of the amature's. After sparring if you look good he might reconsider, boxing is a very tough sport that takes lots of time and dedication to even become decent.
A trainer that is acctually looking to help you isnt just going to throw you into the bouts that he feels you aint ready for.
Thanks mr pain
Just a note I never said I wanted to go pro, I just want to do 1 or 2 amateur fights. Maybe I should have specified that.
When I first came on this board, I read you should let your coach know if you plan to fight. It weeds you out from everyone else who is there just for fitness.
What I wanted to know was if this was a normal thing for trainers to do. The 30 day trial etc. Or if this guy was just different. I do not want to waste money in a place, that will not get me on the path of fulfilling my goals.
Thats why a lot of gyms close. Because trainers take on people that aren't serious and bullshit and play games and quit when they learn they don't have what it takes. Theres nothing wronge with testing a potential fighter if its done properly and with certain guidelines to test a protential fighters ability. Its been done for centuries and more often then not its the only real way to determine a persons potential. Dude needs to stop crying about 30 day trial period. If it was the Marines your ass would quit in 2 weeks.
I hope your machoness carries over into the gym where it counts :banana:
Dan bro think of it like this. Would you want to invest in someone that isn't serious? Take him to the side and discuss your situation. Let him know that you have to work because you have bills to pay. Also your 110% might not be what he conciders 110%. Alot of what people concider 100% really isn't. I train 5 days a week 3 hrs a day and I have no dreams of being a professional fighter, thats real talk. Figure 24hrs per day, normal work day is 8 that leaves 16 hrs, minus 8 for proper rest, minus travel time of say 3 hrs, that leaves another 3 for training, and 2 for eating some chow before bed time. How hungry are you? Are you willing to not have a social life? Are you willing to give up gettin some pussy for your dream? I have no idea about how serious your are but just by you being offline after you posted this question shows me how concerned you are about our response. Plus this should have been posted in training and nutrition not here in Non-stop boxing
I just got back from the gym tonight. I came home, posted and took a shower . Is that ok with you? I am not trying to go pro. I would be happy doing just a few fights to see how I do. I work 50 hours a week, drive over an hour each way. And live 1.5hrs from the gym. I'd say I'm serious enough for the goals I have in mind
That's a good idea. I may do that. Yes I am very serious. I feel closer to my grandfather when training (he passed many years ago). He wanted me to box when I was growing up, instead of playing basketball etc. Probably should have listened to him, I sucked at baseketball :D
Thanks for the replies guys. I am fairly decent shape, 6'1 175lbs which I think would put me in the light heavyweight? I need to do more cardio work however. How important is weight lifting in the amateurs? I have decent strength, nothing spectacular.
How long should I wait before doing my first fight? I do have *some* boxing background. My grandfather was a boxer in the Philippines and taught me when I was 10 years old. I never fought in a sanctioned event (plenty of sparring and lots of street fighting though).
Thanks